I've sewn since I was 5 or 6. Started watching my mom make t-shirts for my uncle, brother and myself and I had to try - they weren't pretty but they got done and I got better. Learned to crochet while I was down with the chicken pox. Made most of my shirts through Jr. High, High School and College and then moved into my first very own place. Couldn't afford drapes and tablecloths, so I learned to make them with fabric from thrift stores and clearance tables. Always helped my Great-Grandparents with quilts when they watched us - cutting scraps or burying knots and clipping threads and then being trusted with actually assembling blocks.
I've since done upholstery, drapery, bedding, and any other home dec you can think of as well as dressmaking, tailoring and made my own tuxedo.
Started my first quilt in the mid 80's, a lone star, and put it away once 6 of the 8 points were done...finished it in 91 and haven't stopped since.